So I got a call yesterday morning from the pain clinic saying that they had a cancellation so I went down there. I didn't know what to expect when I got there. The Dr. asked me about my pain and where it was coming, I showed him, he did an ultrasound and looked at my vertebrae and whatever else you look at with those things. After looking at my neck and going over all my symptoms he decided to do some injections. It was kinda' frustrating cause he didn't really explain what he was doing other than "I'm gonna' freeze your nerves" So he did an injection at every vertebrae, from my C3 down to my C7, along the left side of my neck, then he did four injections down the middle of my neck, then 5 other injections, from the left side of my neck, along the top of my shoulder blade. After he finished using me as a pin cushion he said now get up slowly because you may feel dizzy. I felt like I was drunk! BUT I could turn my head to the left for the first time in almost a year and I felt GREAT, very little pain, almost NONE!!

This was all done at 9:30 in the morning...at about 1:30 I started to become VERY stiff and achy. I'm guessing just from all the pokes through the muscles. He said that the freezing of the nerves should last a few weeks. I did not want any steroids injected as I am worried of the side affects. The Dr said that this was my only other option and he usually gets good results from it. I was very stiff and sore all night long, my regular pain meds didn't touch the pain I was feeling. At some point I fell asleep. When I woke up this morning I felt little pain, less than I've felt over the last year, I actually felt pretty good! Now though, as the day has gone on...I'm starting to get all my old symptoms back. I'm feeling pretty discouraged. I mean the pain is about 20% better. But still having the burning sensations in my back....oh well I guess I'll just have to see how things go on. Not sure when I should feel the full affects of this treatment...by now maybe? and it just didn't work very well...hmmm

I am assuming that what he means by "freezing" he is doing nerve blocks??

Does it seem weird how many injections he did (14)??

Has anyone else had this "freezing" done? How did it work for you??

Is it normal to be this sore after??

Thanks for reading, any stories or thoughts are great! Cheers Cali

UPDATE: so it's the end of the second day... I'm feeling much less pain in my upper neck but still very painful around my C7 and radiating through my scapula and down my arm. I'm thinking that maybe the Dr either missed his target down there or just didn't do any injections down that far.